HKCERT Conducts Hong Kong's 1st Cyber Security Drill

Amid a double-digit surge in information security incidents in the first six months of the year, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) today (16 July 2009) conducted Hong Kong’s first-ever territory-wide drill to improve the preparedness of the local internet infrastructure.

During the drill, HKCERT, managed by the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), simulated various scenarios of cyber security attacks which required immediate actions by participating organizations. They included the Hong Kong Police, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, and key players in the internet community (Appendix for Full List).

Mr Roy Ko, Principal Consultant (IT Industry Development) of HKPC and Manager of HKCERT, said: “The drill has successfully contained the simulated attacks including those launched by a banking Phishing website and a malware which affects domain name registries. It also tested the incident handling procedures of various parties. Some areas of improvement have already been identified and will be discussed further next week when the participants review the drill in details.”

With “Knocking Down Cyber Attacks” being the theme of the drill, Mr Ko said the exercise has gained extra impetus after 445 cyber security incidents were reported to HKCERT in the first half of this year, up 12 per cent from the same period last year.

For more details about the drill, please contact HKCERT at tel: (852) 8105 6060, fax: (852) 8105 9760 and e-mail: hkcert@hkcert.org or visit the centre’s webpage: http://www.hkcert.org/.

Mr Jonathan Ho
General Manager
Corporate Communications
Tel: (852) 2788 6390
Fax: (852) 2788 5056
Email: jonathanho@hkpc.org
Website: www.hkpc.org

16 July 2009

Hong Kong Incident Response Drill 2009

List of Participating Organizations

- Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre
- Hong Kong Police Force, HKSAR Government
- Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, HKSAR Government
- Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association
- Hong Kong Internet Exchange
- Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited
- The DotAsia Organization
- Hutchison Globalications Commun
- HKNet Company Limited
- Internet Solutions Limited
- Information Technology Services Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong